WoW Forever Arcane Mage build, the talents Arcane builds take

2,057 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here (30%) lead in Arcane, since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630. Frost has 41%. Every build below opens in the Mage calculator.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Frost 41%
• Arcane 30%
• Fire 29%

The most popular Arcane Mage builds Arcane / Fire / Frost points

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   Arcane Mage 38/10/3

   #1 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 38 / Fire 10 / Frost 3 0.3% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 23 · saved 58 · opened 158 · across 42 close builds Maxes Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Magic Absorption, Arcane Concentration, Missile Barrage, Arcane Geometry and 12 more. Goes to Arcane Power (row 7).
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   Arcane Mage 32/16/3

   #2 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 32 / Fire 16 / Frost 3 0.1% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 5 · saved 17 · opened 57 · across 36 close builds Maxes Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Arcane Concentration, Missile Barrage, Arcane Impact, Arcane Blast and 11 more. Goes to Arcane Power (row 7).
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   Arcane Mage 42/3/0

   #4 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes Arcane 42 / Fire 3 / Frost 0 0.5% of every Mage share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 17 · saved 87 · opened 306 · across 38 close builds Maxes Wand Specialization, Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Magic Absorption, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Geometry and 9 more. Goes to Arcane Power (row 7).
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The talents Arcane Mage builds take

Of the 2,057 Mage builds with 41 or more points that lead in Arcane, the share with a point in each talent:

In nearly every Arcane build, 90% or more: Missile Barrage 98%, Improved Channeling 97%, Arcane Mind 97%, Arcane Concentration 96%, Arcane Blast 96% and Presence of Mind 94%.

In most, 50 to 89%: Arcane Wrath 89%, Arcane Impact 88%, Arcane Meditation 88%, Arcane Instability 88%, Arcane Power 78%, Arcane Subtlety 69% and Arcane Geometry 61%.

In some, 20 to 49%: Improved Counterspell 41%, Arcane Resilience 33%, Magic Absorption 26%, Arcane Shielding 26% and Wand Specialization 22%.

From the other trees, 20% or more: Precision 75%, Incineration 64%, Accelerant 48%, Pyroblast 34%, Improved Frostbolt 31%, Ignite 30%, Frostbite 24%, Improved Fire Blast 23%, Ice Lance 23%, Improved Frost Nova 21%, Ice Block 21% and Heating Up 20% and 1 more.

Leveling as Arcane, and the level 30 cap

30.5% of the 75,995 Mage leveling orders recorded here between 18 Sep and 16 Oct 2026 lead in Arcane (23,150). The Arcane order starts with Improved Channeling and Arcane Concentration from level 10, and its first 21 points are Improved Channeling 5, Arcane Concentration 5, Arcane Blast 1, Arcane Impact 3, Arcane Geometry 2, Arcane Meditation 3, Missile Barrage 1 and Arcane Mind 1. Open those 21 points at level 30. Every bracket to 60 is on the Mage leveling order.

Arcane Mage builds by what they're for

The Arcane build players tagged most for each, in the calculator; each opens its list.

• Leveling 38/10/3
• PvE 38/10/3

Questions

What is the most popular Arcane Mage build in WoW Forever?

Arcane Mage 38/10/3, #1 of every Mage build by what people did with it since the Oct 28 hotfixes. It holds 0.3% of every Mage share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 23, saved 58, opened 158). It maxes Improved Channeling, Arcane Subtlety, Magic Absorption, Arcane Concentration, Missile Barrage, Arcane Geometry and 12 more.

How many Mage builds are Arcane?

2,057 of the 6,805 Mage builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 28 hotfixes to build 70630 lead in Arcane, 30%, behind Frost (41%).

Which talents do Arcane Mage builds take?

Nearly all of them (90% or more) take Missile Barrage (98%), Improved Channeling (97%), Arcane Mind (97%), Arcane Concentration (96%), Arcane Blast (96%) and Presence of Mind (94%). Most (50 to 89%) take Arcane Wrath (89%), Arcane Impact (88%), Arcane Meditation (88%), Arcane Instability (88%), Arcane Power (78%) and Arcane Subtlety (69%). Outside Arcane the most taken are Precision (75%), Incineration (64%) and Accelerant (48%). Each build counted once.

What do Arcane Mages take first while leveling?

The Arcane leveling order, 30.5% of 75,995 recorded Mage orders, starts with Improved Channeling and Arcane Concentration from level 10.

Is this an Arcane Mage tier list?

No. It counts what people plan on this site, not how strong a build is. The count starts again when a beta build changes the Mage trees.

The other Mage specs: Fire Mage and Frost Mage. The rank (#) is among every Mage build on the most popular Mage builds; a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. Also for Mages: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Mage calculator.